Iran calls Axios report on peace hopes American wishful thinking

Ebrahim Rezaei, spokesperson for the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, dismissed an Axios report suggesting that global bond yields and oil prices are falling on expectations of an end to the U.S.-Iran war, calling it a reflection of American wishful thinking rather than reality, according to Iran's ISNA news agency. He clarified that Iran is currently negotiating with the U.S. to end the war, not over nuclear issues. Rezaei added that the U.S. will not achieve through a failed war what it could not gain in face-to-face negotiations, warning that Iran is prepared for combat if the necessary concessions are not made.